1983 - The Year's Events      Back to Index DATE EVENT Attendance 01/05 Mariners vs. Hershey 3465 01/06 - 07 Downeast Hockey Classic 2082 01/08 Mariners vs. Fredericton 5841 01/15 Mariners vs. Binghamton 4344 01/19 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 3431 01/21 KISS 4608 01/22 Mariners vs. Adirondack 5955 01/23 Mariners vs. Hershey 5670 01/26 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 3521 01/29 Mariners vs. Baltimore 5411 02/02 Mariners vs. Springfield 3317 02/04 Wrestling 3106 02/05 Mariners. vs. St. Catherines 5078 02/07 - 08 Maine Water Utilities Convention 2500 02/09 Mariners vs. Fredericton 3830 02/11 Marshall Tucker Band 2002 02/12 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 4813 02/16 Mariners vs. Baltimore 3281 02/19 Mariners vs. New Haven 5212 02/21 Mariners vs. Rochester 5140 02/23 - 27 Ice Capades (10 shows) 50911 03/02 Mariners vs. Binghamton 3053 03/03 Willie Nelson [SEE PHOTO] 8105 03/04 Western ME Class A Basketball 4141 03/05 Western ME Class A Basketball 2905 03/05 Mariners vs. Adirondack 6236 03/09 Mariners vs. Fredericton 4172 03/11 Western ME Class A Basketball 5359 03/12 Western ME Class A Basketball 4581 03/13 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 5256 03/14 Hall & Oates 7057 03/16 - 20 Maine Boat Show 10116 03/21 Billy Squier 9500 03/23 Mariners vs. Moncton 4054 03/26 United Skates of America 510 03/26 Mariners vs. Hershey 6408 03/27 Mariners vs. Adirondack 5084 03/30 Mariners vs. St. Catherines 4033 04/02 Mariners vs. New Haven 5397 04/07 World of Life Crusade 500 04/12 Maine Food & Lodging Show 7000 04/14 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 3097 04/15 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4391 04/16 Downeast Direct District Conv. 4300 04/17 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4089 04/18 - 20 Kora Temple Shrine Circus 22668 04/29 Computer/Electronics Tech Show 2817 05/01 Mariners vs. Fredericton 4801 05/03 Roger Whittaker 2912 05/04 Mariners vs. Fredericton 4883 05/07 USM Graduation 5800 05/07 Mariners vs. Fredericton 6770 05/08 Triumph / Foghat 7566 05/13 Wrestling 1439 05/17 Mariners vs. Rochester 4888 05/19 Mariners vs. Rochester 4577 05/21 WCSH Garage Sale 5500 06/09 The Kinks 9500 06/10 Wrestling 1590 06/12 Windham H.S. Graduation 3000 06/16 - 19 Jehovah's Witness Convention 8000 06/24 Alabama 5877 07/08 - 10 Jimmy Swaggart Crusade 6000 07/15 Wrestling 2304 07/25 The Original Animals 6579 07/27 ZZ Top / Sammy Hagar 9500 7/31 - 8/02 National Governors Conference 6180 08/04 Jackson Browne [SEE PHOTO] 8240 08/06 Talking Heads [SEE PHOTO] 5190 08/07 Diana Ross [SEE PHOTO] 8877 08/09 Kenny Rogers 9076 08/12 Wrestling 1883 08/16 Loverboy [SEE PHOTO] 9500 08/17 - 20 ME Mariners Hockey School 400 08/21 Asia 4125 08/22 James Taylor 6544 08/23 Maine Mariners Hockey School 100 08/24 Ronnie Milsap 2195 8/25 - 28 Maine Mariners Hockey School 400 08/29 Iron Maiden 3055 09/08 Stevie Nicks w/Joe Walsh 9500 09/23 - 25 Hannaford Bros. Food Festival 12000 9/28 - 10/02 Sesame Street Live (8 shows) 13522 10/08 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4879 10/15 Mariners vs. New Haven 3696 10/18 Grateful Dead 9500 10/22 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 3848 10/23 Moody Blues 6264 10/24 Sports Spectacular II 1823 10/26 - 27 Maine Business Show 4000 10/29 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4383 11/05 Mariners vs. Baltimore 4253 11/06 Black Sabbath 9500 11/10 Hagler vs. Duran (closed circ.) 2016 11/12 Mariners vs. Binghamton 4549 11/19 Mariners vs. St. Catherines 4189 11/23 Mariners vs. Rochester 3453 11/26 Mariners vs. Fredericton 4534 11/30 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 3116 DECEMBER SCHEDULE PENDING

BELOW: Loverboy played their second sold-out show in as many years in 1983. Here's a photo of guitarist Paul Dean and singer Mike Reno from that show. Click here to enlarge photo. August of 1983 was quite a month for concerts at the Civic Center. In that month alone, the CCCC had at or near sell-out crowds for Jackson Browne (below), Talking Heads, Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers, Loverboy and James Taylor. Click here to enlarge photo.